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Sunday, 29 May 2011

.............dededededededededededededee......LOL you get the idea huh????

I'm so happy :DI entered my White rabbit house using the fabbyIndigo Blu stamps I bought at PS in to the Altered Alice challenge and got an honourable mention :DI have also spotted THESE fabulous hand made flowers with instructions over on the lets get Shabby blog so I'm sending my hubby out later for some crepe paper :D

Monday, 23 May 2011

Moiras current Happy Daze facebook challenge is called In flight andyou have until midnight on Sunday the 29th of May to upload your work to the facebook page or e-mail your pics here - info@happy-daze.net.use at least one product which can be purchased from the Happy Daze shop and maximum of 3 entries per person. As usual one winner will be drawn at random to win a £15 Gift Voucher to spend in the shop

I used these fabbyGLITZ STAMPS to create Nellie's daring escape from her life at the fairground :DI also used TH distress stain, Cosmic shimmer mist, Black Archival ink, Versamark ink and clear embossing powder on a canvas board.

Sunday, 22 May 2011

Well who would believe it was just over a week ago!!I didn't get many pics of Moira'sfabby stall as I knew she had already taken lots and lots and has them featured on the BLOG, but here are a few I can share with you from the day :D

Jo CapperSandon hard at work demoingHappy Daze DT 3d examplesI had a fab time looking round the show at the amazing stalls and fell in love instantly with the brand spanking new IndigoBlu stamps when Moira pointed them out to me :D I NEED them all LOL :D but didn't get any piccys sorry - it was too hot to hand around in that room!!!

We also all fell in love with these wire mesh ribbon flowers, bows and covered beads - what a fabby idea huh :DThe lovely lady at RIBBON BOX allowed me to take a quick pic of her too :D- unlike some of the other stall holders who had a hissy fit when I tried to take photos of the examples on display - in case they were copied - er hello??? isn't that the point of examples and DT work??? I totally get them being upset if they are being entered in to comps but did find it quite funny that I was treated like paparazzi LOL :D

Crafty Individuals had some fabby examples on showAnd Paddy was busy demoing Pardo clayAll in all it was a great day, meeting lots of peeps I have known online for some time and also meeting lots of new people, and feeling like a child in a sweetie shop with all the stamps around me :DAnd the scones were to die for - nomnomnom.............LOL :D

Friday, 20 May 2011

Kirsty Wiseman is organising a massive raffle. She says 'This is a raffle so huge, that by the time I have collated all the prizes, you need never buy a single craft item ever again, well....barely! Tell your friends, tell your family, raid the kids money box.......please, please find it in your hearts (and paypal accounts) to help raise money for Daisy Dog.

The story.....A facebook friend of mine, Janey Pye (cool name, right?), wrote about an incident relating to her Jack Russell dog, Daisy, on the 17th May 2011 but today, 18th May 2011 she received the devastating news that she either find £1600 for vet bills or have her dog destroyed. I mean, you just can't comprehend anything like that, can you? In the cold light of day, being given that kind of alternative is gut wrenching. The fact that Janey has no pet insurance is of no consequence to me or indeed many of my friends, the positive in me see's to it that I and whoever else who is attached to Janey must do all they can to help her. I know its not something we all can afford but some of us go through our daily lives praying nothing happens to our pet to warrant such a huge expense.

So to help Daisy (and Janey, and Tom - Daisy's big brother... who suffers with aspergers and would simply not exist without his beloved pet, Daisy) I wanted to rally around every craft person and store I knew to donate prizes for a very grand raffle. Janey never asked me to do this and when I raised the question on my facebook page this afternoon towards my friends, many of them their offered support immediately. Nobody questioned it and so the aquarian in me set sail. Their support gave me the push, so I am grateful to them muchly.

The Prizes....So far we have the following pledges (with a potential 65 shops, manufacturers, crafters pledging more)

A Craft Robo - anonymous donation£35 stampin up voucher from Rachel BoothA handmade bag from Darcy WilkinsonA private commissioned drawing of your pet/child 12x14 worth $50 by Jay KorbijnA MME 12x12 pack, stamps, and embellishments from Dies to Die forA selection of stamps from Personal ImpressionsA £25 voucher from Hobby CraftA donation from Studio Calico£50 worth of product from Clever CutsA selection of craft supplies from Brenda PinnickA selection of stamps from THE Donna Downey - I know, right?£40 worth of stash from Mei Flowers£36 worth of stamping product from Artistic Stamper£50 word of Crafting CD's from meA handmade cushion from Jaki Morrison worth £20100ml bottle of DKNY perfume from anonymous donator£30 worth of product from Marion Emberson of Sugar and Spice Crafts£106 worth of product from Tonic StudiosA photoshoot for the south of the country from Paula Pascual (worth £100)A photoshoot for the north of the country from Kirsty Wiseman (worth £100)A ton of digi product from Vicki Parker (worth £40)A generous prize from Letraset (prob Promarkers and Aquamarkers.... im working on them!)A specially commissioned Canvas by Dyan Reaveley at Art from the Heart worth £75Ive twisted someones arm for a donation from QVCIm working on Create and Craft5 x digi stamps from Just Inklined

There will be MORE AND MORE prizes added.....this was what I could only obtain in an hour on 17th May 2011

Thursday, 19 May 2011

How amazing are my new Indigo Blu stamps :D I got them at their launch at Port Sunlight last week and fell in lurve!! Only problem is I want the whole range of stamps LOL :D

Ok so how to :D

I started by covering my cute little house in a piece of text from my Alice book .

I stamped over the whole thing with my crackle stamp in coffee archival ink and left to dry.

Next I stamped the ruler along the edge in black ink, masked the edges and coloured with wild honey distress stain - two swooshes and it was done :D

I coloured the rest of it with barn door distress ink pad and added a clock and an ink blot stamp in black archival ink.

I stamped the white rabbit on to a separate piece of paper and coloured with promarkers and stuck it to my house with Claudine's matte medium.

I masked the rabbit off and sprayed the watch with gold cosmic shimmer mist but found this dulled the stamped image too much. I decided to stamp the watch section again on to acetate and when dry cut out and glued over the original stamped image with a little glossy accents.

I added the tiny type letters and glossy accented them and left to dry overnight so I wasn't tempted to stick my fingers in to check if it was dry LOL :D

Friday, 13 May 2011

Tomorrow I will be meeting Moira and the girls at the Happy Stampers North west show at Port Sunlight - so excited to meet lots of peeps in real life that I have known via the world wide web for so long :D .............then I am gooing to see my lovely friends in Ormskirk who have just recently had another baby so snuggles for me too ...........then I will be trecking home back to Cumbria to try and get some sleep before I head off to Carlisle to the Radio 1 Big Weekend with my niece ..............yeyyyyyyyyy :D

I am so lucky to have got tickets as I don't know many peeps who have!!! and mylovelyniece gets to go because hubby didn't want to go :-S he must be mad LOLthen back to work on Monday LOL

If you are visiting the stamp show in Port Sunlight please come and say hello to us at stand 26:DHugs'n'snogs everyone,

Sunday, 8 May 2011

..........in the North West???I am :D and I will be there supporting Moira and the other Happy Daze team members next Saturday at Port Sunlight :D

I have been trying to do samples this weekend but Ollie has had a few other plans - TUT!I WILL get them finished and on their way if it kills me LOL

If you have a ticket make sure your bring plenty of cash, because it is cash only and visit Moira and the rest of us at stand 32b where Jo Capper-Sandon and Joanne Wardle will be demoing :D

Hop on over to the Happy Daze blog for a sneaky peek of some of the work you will be able to see - in real life!!!!

Am I excited???? hell yeah LOLand to top it all I have tickets for Radio 1's big weekend in Carlisle on Sunday :D I'm gonna be a tired peep next week LOL :D

hugs'n'snogs,Julie

P.S. have you visited the Happy Daze facebook page this week??? the current challenge is black and white, and you still have another week to enter :D anybody fancy puppy sitting so I can get on with everything???? LOLxxxx

About Me

I've been a paper scrapbooker since 2004 and also like to hybrid scrap.
I'm just trying to learn digi scrapbooking - but it may take a while.
I have always enjoyed arts and crafts from a young age and have dabbled in most things from knitting, jewellery making, card making etc...
I'm also loving altered art and am a Tim Holtz newbie addict :D
I'm a vintage girl trapped in a modern world, so I'm just going to alter it bit by bit :D